A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING REGULATORY INFORMATION
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for locating regulatory information. The method including the steps of constructing a corporate profile; identifying regulatory information from a plurality of sources; and mapping the corporate profile to the identified regulatory information to locate relevant regulatory information. A system is also disclosed.
1 . A computer-implemented method for locating regulatory information, including:
constructing a corporate profile;
identifying regulatory information from a plurality of sources; and
mapping the corporate profile to the identified regulatory information to locate relevant regulatory information.
2 . A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the corporate profile is constructed, at least in part, automatically.
3 . A method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the corporate profile is validated by a user.
4 . A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each regulatory information is associated with metadata including its status.
5 . A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a monitoring module is constructed for each identified regulatory information.
6 . A method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the monitoring module regularly monitors the regulatory information at the source and updates the status of the regulatory information.
7 . A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the located relevant regulatory information is categorised into a plurality of categories.
8 . A method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the categories include directly relevant and indirectly relevant.
9 . A method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the located relevant regulatory information is categorised based upon a plurality of rules.
10 . A method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the rules utilise information within the corporate profile and/or within the profile of the corporate entity's customers and/or suppliers.
11 . A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the identified regulatory information is processed to identify topics within the regulatory information.
12 . A method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein an ontological methodology is used to process the identified regulatory information.
13 . A method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the identified regulatory information is processed to identify the relevance of topics within the regulatory information.
14 . A method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the identified topics are displayed to a user.
15 . A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the located relevant regulatory information is displayed to a user.
16 . A method as claimed in claim 1 , further including:
Generating an alert in respect of regulatory information based upon input from a user;
Monitoring regulatory information in accordance with the alert; and
Transmitting a message to the user when the alert is triggered.
17 . A system for locating regulatory information, including:
At least one processor configured to construct a corporate profile, to receive identification of regulatory information from a plurality of sources, and to map a corporate profile to identified regulatory information to locate relevant regulatory information;
A communication module configured to communicate within each of the plurality of sources to retrieve regulatory information via the identification; and
A user device configured to display data related to the relevant regulatory information to a user.
18 . (canceled)